Check out the events happening around our community this weekend.
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Friday, May 17, all day
If you’re a photographer, the Department of Environment, Agriculture, and Parks are holding a photography contest. Explore Orange County and take pictures of the beautiful nature we have around us. The theme for this year is “Flora and Pollinators.” They will be accepting submissions through May 31st. For more information about the contest, click here.
Friday, May 17; Saturday, May 18; Sunday, May 19 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Enjoy the outdoors at Spring Haven Farm. Take a walk around the farm, enjoy time with the animals, mine for gems, and more! For more information, click here.
Friday, May 17 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Freight Train Blues Concert Series continues this Friday in Carrboro. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy some fantastic roots music. This Friday you can check out Albert White, Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen, and Jimbo Mathus. For more information, click here.
Saturday, May 18 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Pick out some fresh produce at the Chapel Hill Farmers Market. You can find flowers, vegetables, fruit, and more. For more information, click here.
Saturday, May 18 11:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Sunday, May 19 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
This Saturday, come out to St. Barbara Greek Orthodox for the Durham Greek Festival. Enjoy delicious Greek food, wine, desserts, and Greek music in a fantastic outdoor festival. There will also be a marketplace on hand where you can buy arts and crafts, Greek grocery items, and more. A portion of the proceeds from the event will go to Ukraine relief efforts. Click here for more information.
Saturday, May 18 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Drop Paws4Ever this weekend for their annual Kitten Shower. Bring a supplies to help Paws4Ever care for kittens and cat mamas in need. If you can’t make it in person, you can also send them supplies from their Amazon wishlist. For $5 donation, you can even suggest a name for a kitten. Click here to learn more about the shower and find their Amazon wishlist.
Saturday, May 18 3:00 p.m.
The Common Woman Chorus will be performing at the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. You can get your tickets to their spring concert, A Beautiful Noise now. For more information, click here.
Saturday, May 18 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.; 6:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.
Meet up at Rougarou for a tour around Chapel Hill of all the beautiful churches around our town. With gothic styles and neoclassical styles, there are plenty of beautiful style churches to view and enjoy. Also by Chapel Hill Walking Tour, take an eerie walk around Chapel Hill to the most unnerving true crime locations around our town. Click here for more information on the church tour and the true crime tour.
Saturday, May 18 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Voices Chapel Hill are having their spring concert this Saturday at Cedar Ridge High School. The concert, entitled “Music and Paradise” will feature performances of songs that explore heavenly themes. Click here for more information.
Saturday, May 18 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Also at Spring Haven Farm, this Saturday starts their Movies with Goats series. Bring your own chair or blanket, buy some refreshments, and settle in to watch a movie while some cute little goats roam around and say hi to you. For more information, click here.
Sunday, May 19 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
This Sunday at New Jerusalem Community Church, The Greater Durham Moose Lodge is holding their EZ Child ID event. This makes it easy for you to have all your child’s information on a thumb drive ready to give to law enforcement should ever the need arise. For more information, click here.
Sunday, May 19 2:30 p.m.
Flyleaf’s Second Sunday poetry event continues this Sunday with an open mic and poetry readings by Terri Kirby Erickson and Gary Phillips. Click here for more information.
Sunday, May 19 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Join El Futuro to celebrate mom and community with their Mother’s Day carnival. There will be workout opportunities like yoga and zumba, raffles, arts and crafts and more! The goal of the carnival is to bring together and cultivate a sense of belonging amongst the Latine community. For more information, click here.
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